Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1939 — Page 23

THURSDAY, AUG. 3,198 ___ Ae THR INDIANAPOLISTIMES ~ SERIAL STORY— GRIN AND BEAR IT | OUR BOARDING HOUSE® ~~“ * With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY LE A Sr EE rs, [7 " HAR-RUMPH/ PARDON THE \&/ ‘SHORE, SHORE, GET IN, FELLER= §} CAN'T POSSIBLY FORGET! THE \'

i ; ] 3 : : : “1. GOT ISOOPOUNDS O' PORK IN THIS # | FIRST STRING IS FOR , THE, | PRA » AN D Eo ook : 3 eg £1 BUT 1 HAVE WAITED FOR AN + J 3) CRATE, AN' A COUPLA' HUNDERD- Jf. © | “| SECOND PR EOLA AE LOGE STRING 4 Lise) frolt—t ; 5 3 HOUR FOR MY JAPANESE 73 MORE WON'T MAKE NO NEVER- | TEANS POTATOES, AND THA &. : Bi ken ON YOUR. LITTLE FINGER

INCONVENIENCE, MY GOOD MAN:

CHAUFFEUR wa DEPENDABLE | 3 MIND. TO ME; IF THE PIES KIN" |

¥ ¥ ) A 2 - - te El | - A Rus la i AL INL : Vays on N\ Ly (& FELLOW ORDINARILY =~ MUST STAND Ten HEH=HEH HEH { YOU. { A WOM AN \S——= : HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN FM WYOMIN'2 KNOW' MY NEPHEW £2 WE ; k # of ie.) 1 A RURAL SPEZD TRAPw ¥ J°[ « GRISWOLD? TENDS SHEEP OUT THERE

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HAPPY TO ACCOMPANY (ad - THOUGH! WELL, TIM GOIN' A FUR @ |} vou { HMM | THE HONOR=- . PIECE, MISTER, HUNDERD AN’ SIXTY ABLE AMOS B. HOOPLE MILE TO CROKER'S GROVE wa KNOW HINDA - STORM—Ed) in Love with NET GO j wo KAFE-KAFE! FORMER [xl \ WHUR THAT Al + 4 MARCIA: KING—Navy girl, loved a I ©. ~ LA vo : = Jd SENATOR FROM WYOMING “ a I 1 wa HAR-RUMPY | JIMMY COOPER — Naval flying in- ; . structer at Pensacola. : : GEORGE CAMERON—Linda’s fiance

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Yesterday: Linda {is infuriated when - George refuses to leave his .. experiments, come to her. George calls ‘ again. Linda's father has had a heart attack, is 4n a serious condition. Linda plans to take the first “plane home.

CHAPTER SEVEN ; HE never remembered, afterward, how _she had broken the “dreadful news T¥ Marcia and Mrs. + King~ All she knew was that the blood pounded in her temples, and ~ her knees shook so that they led oa : [9 BH : : aN her to a chair. Marcia was in- a pF: i. 4] X W EAN 5 im stanly upset, going for cold wa- : : a : : 5 fii ter, smelling salts, saying dis- FR : 4 EE Wivz7z¢. ye Fe JL i Sl IR tractedly, “Oh, Mother! Linda and| Sh : AE TA OP. 1939 3 . M. REG. U. . OFF. qa B0PR. 1939 BY Wt ERVICE, 0. 3. bes father are so close—so much i ; ; Bet a : : . i RE 2 wm wu : - closer than ordinary parents an Daited esters i iz ED | A | THEY RE LURKING NEAR THE OLD | BEE THASS FINE /-WELL YZ | ~ GULP !=WISHT AH ‘daughters! This is terrible!” 33 Fie v I'| EP REN A ON Ra 7- YOR BEACH HEART PLACE ~ LET HIM HAVE IT PLR JE | was WE MAMMY. “A plane—" Linda | murmutred.| “Estelle has been so disagreeable lately—always sticks up for anyone El MOTHER RATFIELD SHE Ng THETS IN DaoTiar: ACCY ERIE i OT aa, {HEN : SEEM RIG : LoBut 7 regular planes : Thospeh Sofa) hom = r RMOWS. WEAR SHES - + wel TH BOY ASIEN A Sonor | ER BLOW HIS MAID, 2) NCGERat this hour,” Mrs. King said,|HOLD EVERYTHING s By Clyde Lewis| , I Si an bo re Bors val N 2 a / 54 1 AS TF AH WAS knitting her brows. 3 y 1S? : ; FRIE ; i Re! i NEE ~ PAPPY'S ARMS /~- - Marcia flew to the telephone. | { , C-— : 0 : a, 2 #*“Jimmy will know what to do.”| {- It was pathetic, the way she relied on him for everything. { A - moment later, Marcia was saying, “Mobile. That's the nearest airport. It's more than 150 milest from here. Jimmy says he doesn} think there's a flight out of . there until night. But even so, Linda, you'd be home in the morn- | ing. Better than the train. ¥f you caught ‘a train right now, you couldn’t be there before tomorrow night. . . .» of - ! . = “Get hold of yourself, child,” Mrs. : )- Op N= 1 : 2 mk ng ; S— mem : i King said kindly. “Perha > & 12 : §) | sure THERE EES NO DANGER FROM ¥1 [STeADY, THUNDER---THOSE BOULDERS ¥ : «= SURE AS MY NAMES, °F TE At ingly as it DD nx ; k U Q ra Aout JOE AND Hi BANDITS TODAY ZY] |WE ROLLED IN THE ROAD WiLL z 4 RED RYDER HIS HOLDUPS: fist ou must be brave Ti hel Dy 1 EEN ROY A ou ious se Clone sie Leet, J] Tor at ih som sace anol || | IPF | Soon fae hl

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fore this horrible tragedy. Her father—her father whom she had left in the best of health, completely happy with his latest rare books. It wasn't fair that this . should have happened to Daddy! Heart attack... Why, he'd never even - been ill before. He was only 5§5.| |= Hed int : : ; + Young. In the prime. &- ga nd Le 7 8 n= Lo i . Pa =, Sr Lie” p 8 \ 2, | : : ER eyes kept blurring as Mar- ’ — 2 \ Slici ATH NERC NE : cia and Mrs. King were tak- Lx ; : | -3 He = er Sat 1530 & ; re ing her in hand. Se = : Ee : eps pris : . “One hundred and fifty miles. ee i ; AW, YOU'RE ALWAYS Ei OH YEAH! -- DID "REALLY ?--= NAW} --- T SLEPT . That's a long ride for you, Linda, 2 : , INC. TALKIN; ABOUT HOW YoU KNOW I A] WEREN'T OUT IN DAT OL" “all worried and upset. . . . “Mrs. a : BRAVE YOU ARE, SLEPT OUTDOORS, k You n DOG HOUSE JUST: Kime, ventured, + BUT YA NEVER J = LAST NIGHT? _/* SCARED?) | TO TEST I'm too jittery to drive all that er PROVE IT/ : . way,” Marcia said. “I know I'd a : plow into a truck, the way I feel ~ But Jimmy said if you decided to take the plane, he’d get away and . drive you.” ~~ Jimmy. His name penetrated - that queer, mental fog that enveloped Linda. “What? . What did you say, Mareia?” “I said Jimmy would drive you to Mobile.” “Won’t—won’t you come, too?” Linda faltered. i ; d : Mrs. King’s lips pursed in : i - babi rr! rk ro thought. “You'd not be back be- 9 SE ; - Se _ - , fore one in the morning, Marcia, . NE id X I COULDN'T SLEEP, F RS I PROBABLY ONE OF THE €1G '\ NO,NO! THIS WAS ASMALL / Tonight, there's the Captain’s party 8 En 779% : aD ny Er 50 EL Ser LINERS GOING TO AUSTRALIA.) SHIP, IT WAS TAKING OFF; - for you. IXI hardy see how you—" 2% 7 Re 1 HIM... AND WONDERING IF HE'S OUT OF | J _ \ EEE, 7 7

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| “But Jimmy won't. be there, PRISON. THEN SUDDENLY I HEARD Ye ether, Mother Ly AN AIRPLANE MOTOR! | “One of you must be present,” |* her mother said gently. “We can’t : disrupt Mrs. Blair's plans. It would be unpardonable.” “I can get a bus to Mobile,” Linda whispered. “I can even take a taxi, if I must.” “Oh, no, my dear. I merely meant that there was no need of both the prospective bride and groom being absent from a party in their honor! Maybe it seems silly to stand on ceremony, but the Captain. . , .” : § : ] = : — Linda didn’t want Jimmy Cooper : oes. Boa % / rs (1% A. Vrs sitting beside, her for 12 miles. But ; : : = é ; : = she had to et to Da y. e 8 Th i 2% RE RR HR dit il i il ; T % to get to iy swiftly. Nothing else MY MA FIXED Gif You , RS i : { Wr: I THINK WE OUGHTA | Goop IDEE I aur 7 7" mattered ame 1 GOT. TANGLED 1 Sort or PARTNERS 7” (HTT WouLD HARTA HAVE « hings 1i ; - + 14 i’ ] rs [ 1 wouo HAVE For things like this, thank God . En ae, i aT ar amines pe

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for speed . . .” she thought. Thank IVY ! THIS HERE KNEW THAT ’ Gm A AND YOUR BRAINS, WE God for planes.” And that brought 8-3 IS HER REMEDY. > | THE POISON . i “could GET Be OF

; | , in the same endless circle, 3 pe HN . He was a pilot. He flew “This windshield’s swell—cuts out all the glare.” VY SAS be. , DATES

planes every day. But his planes “Not that one the trackdriver gave us.” 5

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the 'trunk, ready to be strapped to $ ER ON i § Jor ; | | FAT the back of Marcia’s car. “You i eo AN ; : HP \ \ f can’t take that by plane. I'll send 4 S fad \ ; ; Y~ JN A | H gueg § Pat. Of 8-

it to the express office myself, after £7 sy A i | it k : ; : fr Ea | : you've gone,” Marcia said. ; a , : 3 . g . ; i“ - 2008.1 0s sci - | rs. : . : NON = THERE 1S : THIS LIFE _PRESERNER NOT EVEN A SCRAP OF \ ’ 2) SOON I MAKE THE TRIP TO THE - : came. At last he was there. Quiet, : - NOTHING : RISTORAL TIT ! TRAY \S PAPER IN W\S CLOTHES MAINLAND! MEBBE THEY TELL eonOlla, S EE i a fer A ; AL TO 1DENTIEY YMA L WHO ME oe, © memory of the blow she had given / i i : - OULD TRS MAR pd : him last night. Marcia collared / a a ; J : : Te Yo VE him, talked in swift, low sentences. / = TT WE b Ge > § rin, FROM 2 Linda pressed a handkerchief to her ” lips, and said shakily, “Goodby, Mrs.

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“Goodby, Linda. I hope you'll GET VERY HUNGRY, THEY find Sou father sve so much bet- BEGIN EATING PARTS OF ter t you expect.” ; “Oh, darling, I'm so sorry this THEIR OWN SOOAES/ had to happen!” Marcia was frank- : : ly weeping. “If it’s only a false alarm—and I hope it is, for your / : ; Z © : = / A 4 sake and ‘your dad’s—come back 1€ SN dl ( : i / aa : E for the wedding! Linda, I'd even| IN THE . = 2 X00 E ry on y postpone it, if you could come later.” UNITED STATES, . " Linda tried to smile. “Be happy, THE SUN . Marcia.” / IS NEVER.

arcia. And all the time, Jimmy was slannins there. Tall. Browned! ~S RAIS? Lounsv MIDNIGHT:

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I SEEN THIS COYOTE I'D BE MIGHTY GRATE- YOU HAVE A CAR? MY HANDLE IS § | THAT'S FUNNY," | CAME HERE TO A- WRANGLIN' WITH + Hl FUL IF | COULD SEE OH ~~ THANK YOU LAREY GOOPHER, DO TWO THINGS-- VISIT A RICH OLD YEW AGIN YER : | | YOU HOME, MAM, MIGHTY EL VAM g ) | | MAN NAMED | GROGGINS-AND WiLL, MAM. WHERE | COME) REALLY: GRATEFUL’ ne ; : \ CT MARRIED : FROM WE LET DAYLIGHT / MEAN : ou ws THRU ‘EM FOR THE f-

His big hands fiddling with his cap, his eyes avoiding hers. / «Jimmy, drive carefully, sweet.” Marcia stood on tiptoe, her face lifted for- his kiss. Linda turned away. : The familiarity, the possessive- ‘ Sf : wi ness of that kiss burned into her = : HAT ARE THE eyes . even though she’ hadn't 2 HABITS OF AN ANIMAL Soe dust ‘handwavings/ the: last b THAT IS GREGARIOUS,

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for a long time. It was only when . . Prato was behind them, and ANSWER~It lives in flocks, or herds, has more than one mate at

the white ribbon of the road ahead, the same time, and eats both animal and vegetable matter,

.that he told her, “I'm dreadfully sorry 5 It.” Curiousls, it wee, ihe same hopeless: feeling of| “It's little enough to have, out : at was all. ously, was | love and despair. 0 » : enough. A current of strength| The girl set her lips. She dared > hin hime, she thought Trees seemed to flow from him to her.|not look at him. One hundred and| >" she was afraid, too. Afraid Her lips quivered, but she said |fifty miles. Three hours, at least.|because sitting beside. him was “steadily, “It was awfully kind, of | Three hours or more of ‘being alone, driving the thought of her father ‘you to undertake this long. drive.” of having this thing beating its|out of her mind. Afraid because in “You know I wish I could do |wings like a caged bird against their three hours, anything might hap- : ot hearts. Three hours of knowingipen. = : An at he was beside her—his pth Eg

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